Lost 5.5 lbs and having second thoughts help!?

So had my first dietician appointment and I lost 5.5 lbs!!!! I was so excited! So she started explaining how I would eat after the surgery and showed me the cups and explained everything.... It scared me! So now I am in a weird place Bc I wonder if I could do it myself but I have tried in the past and give up at about 18 pounds! But I am trying to think long term and using surgery as a tool to help me maintain my weight! Idk I was just wondering if anyone else had been through the same thing or had any advice?

I don't think there's anyone on this site who hasn't had that exact thought;  just think of all the diets you've been on in your life, only to go off and regain all you'd lost and more besides.

This surgery is a tool.  It will help when you are at  your weakest and help you to goal.

Best wishes,

Of course we think that...don't be silly. I had to lose 12 lbs before surgery and I've now lost 16 but my thought is the same as yours, I can lose maybe 30-40 lbs and I just get diet burn out, get lazy and back it all comes plus! But taking 6-8 months or a little longer to lose most if not all this extra weight compared to the 2 yrs it would take on my own, I'll take the months and not years. I feel like it will give me that motivation but also understand that during the first 18 mths following surgery is what they call the honeymoon period. After that you need to really use this surgical tool to keep the weight off and keep your new lifestyle going. I would recommend seeing a therapist that's works with people getting WLS. That's very important that they know the process and know the types of things you should be working on to be successful. Keep reading the stories on this site and look at the before and after pictures. That keeps my excited and motivated and I know this is what I need. Make sure you research and figure out if this will work for you. Good luck!

We've all lost weight. Lots of it. The chances of a durable weight loss of significance (the kind of weight those of us who qualify for WLS need to lose)....durable meaning 5 years plus maintaining that weight loss - is under 3%. !00 people lose 100 pounds. 3 of them will still be down 100 pounds 5 years later. Give it a shot. You have nothing to lose by taking the time to see if you're able to do it. I was a very sick diabetic and once you are on the kinds of medications required to manage obesity related diseases it gets almost impossible to lose significant weight. Susan

My $.02~
Do your homework. Make 100% certain you surgeon has a "team" for nutrition, coujunseling, and AFTERCARE.
Take a deep breath...and slowly read your signature you carry on you posts. WLS is not a scramble event. It is a tool.
Support pre-during-after will make the best use of your tool.

I can so relate to your post. I haven't had WLS yet either. I'm struggling to adjust my brain to such a different lifestyle. The thing that is keeping me focused on moving forward with my plans is that I do look back at 33 years of dieting (started pre-teen). I never kept it off and I believe this is the only way I get to a healthy weight and keep it off.
I wish you the best, and I do agree that it helps to talk to someone. Good luck!

I've lost 74 lbs waiting for surgery, and I have those 2nd thoughts every day, especially because I feel good, but I've been here before. Lose 100 lbs, gain 120.

For me, this is the only way to KEEP it off (and reach any kind of reasonable goal, since I've never gotten below 280 in my adult life time).

Surgery shouldn't be taken lightly. If you think you realized that you may be able to do it on your own, then try. There's no reason to rush into surgery before you are absolutely sure. Statisticaly speaking, your chances are low, but we all have the capability to be more than a statistic. I just know for me, I need this.

I lost 87 lbs pre op and I had those feelings too. The thing is I decided I needed the surgery to help me continue on this track and to KEEP it off. I am determined to feel better and look amazing one day. I am determined to succeed at this. I have never lost much weight on a diet til now and this time I am doing it. I can't wait til i can have some of those WOW moments people talk about. I haven't quite gotten there just yet but I will be there soon.

Tracy

 If we really could do it by dieting, then there would be no need for weight loss surgery.  The doctors want to get the surgery done quickly after the pre-surgery weight loss so that the weight does not come back on again.  

After surgery, you have no hunger and no interest in eating food.  You will look at 1/2 cup of food and not be able to even think about eating all of it.  It is so easy to stay on the diet when a few bites fills you up for hours.  Think of your stomach as being about the size of a 2-liter bottle of soda.  It takes a lot to fill it up.

Your new pouch will be closer to the size of the cap on the soda bottle. That will be really easy to fill up. You cannot get a half a cup of food into a soda bottle cap.   It is hard to lose weight when you have that big old stomach to fill up. It is easy with a tiny little stomach.  Losing weight without the surgery takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice.  

On the forum, you will see people congratulating someone for losing a hundred pounds after surgery.  They will say "good job".  The truth is that the person did not have to do a good job, did not have to work at it and did not have to sacrifice.  The surgery takes the weight off.

Practicing good eating and exercise makes it easier to maintain good health and the weight loss, but the surgery will make it so easy for you to get to a normal weight.  Don't waste your life trying to do it without the surgery.  Get on the program and get it done as quickly as you can.

On the forum, you will see people congratulating someone for losing a hundred pounds after surgery.  They will say "good job".  The truth is that the person did not have to do a good job, did not have to work at it and did not have to sacrifice.  The surgery takes the weight off.
MaryCatherine, I have to respectfully dissagree with you.  I DID sacrifice,  I exercise 5 days a week, I eat small portions even when I want to eat more........and I have lost 125 pounds.  The surgery helped me along, but I worked hard at losing the weight.  maria